Key points from Thursday's testimony in Bashara case

Sep. 12, 2013

Robert Bashara pats his chest as his ex-mistress Rachel Gillett takes the stand during the preliminary hearing of Bashara in the Third Circuit Courtroom of Judge Kenneth King Thursday Sep. 12, 2013. / Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press

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Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

During Day 4 of Bob Bashara’s preliminary examination, new details in the case were revealed:

■ His former mistress, Rachel Gillett, tried to end her relationship with Bashara several times, but he kept luring her back in. She testified that she was the “slave” and he was the “master” in their affair. Bashara told her she was “collared” to him.

■ Bashara and Gillett attended BDSM parties together.

■ Bashara visited an Oregon woman, Janet Leehmann, whom he hoped to have live with he and Gillett at a home the pair were planning to purchase.

■ Leehmann testified that during his visit, she overheard Bashara telling someone on the phone, “I want this done. I want it done this weekend.” When she asked who he was talking to, Bashara told her “a handyman.”

■ The day Jane Bashara was found dead, Leehmann received a message saying: “MB here. Family emergency. Stop all communication immediately.”

■ A forensic scientist testified that Joseph Gentz, who told authorities he killed Jane Bashara at her husband’s direction, could not be excluded as a donor of DNA found on her fingernails.

■ After Jane Bashara’s murder, Gillett told Bashara she no longer wanted to have contact with him. He continued to contact her, so she took out a personal protection order.